1977 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 10-1-11, P%: 101.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Gary Dempsey (27)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Kelvin Templeton (40)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Gary Dempsey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Gary Dempsey

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Ross #30 7 R08-R09, R11-R15 0
Blair, Dennis #16 18 R01-R07, R09-R19 7
Collins, Dennis #15 20 R01-R03, R06-R22 5
Dell, Colin #12 5 R01, R13-R16 0
Dempsey, Gary #24 19 R01-R04, R06-R10, R12, R14-R22 5
Dinatale, Jack #34 1 R22 0
Dunstan, Ian #32 22 R01-R22 15
Edmond, Jim #20 16 R02-R03, R05-R09, R13-R14, R16-R22 14
Fleming, Phil #19 3 R05, R10, R17 0
Foreman, Wayne #42 10 R07, R09, R15-R22 6
Gieschen, Jeff #27 4 R03-R04, R17, R20 0
Hampshire, Ian #1 17 R01-R11, R13-R15, R19, R21-R22 18
Huppatz, Ray #7 19 R01-R09, R13-R22 17
Jennings, Geoff #25 21 R01-R19, R21-R22 34
Johnson, Matt #41 2 R12, R20 0
Kelly, Mick #11 9 R01, R05-R11, R20 1
Linke, Graeme #44 1 R10 0
Low, Ian #28 16 R01-R04, R06-R08, R11-R19 20
Morrison, Ian #8 16 R01-R08, R12, R16-R22 25
Munro, Peter #10 7 R01, R04-R05, R13, R19, R21-R22 4
Murrie, Richard #26 19 R02-R04, R07-R22 0
Perussich, Lee #23 14 R01-R08, R10-R14, R21 2
Power, Stephen #21 18 R02-R15, R18, R20-R22 2
Quinlan, Bernie #2 22 R01-R22 27
Reid, Bruce #5 16 R05-R13, R15-R20, R22 9
Reid, John #33 12 R10-R13, R15-R22 1
Sandilands, Laurie #9 12 R01-R02, R04-R06, R13-R18, R20 19
Smedts, Alby #17 11 R10-R12, R14, R16-R22 0
Stoneham, Alan #3 21 R01-R12, R14-R22 12
Templeton, Kelvin #31 9 R01-R06, R09-R11 40
Welsh, Peter #4 13 R01-R12, R21 6
Wheeler, Terry #35 22 R01-R22 2
Whitten, Ted #22 18 R01-R05, R08-R09, R11-R16, R18-R22 18

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Goggin, Bill 22 10 -1- 11 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1977 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 11 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
11/04/1977 Round 2 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 21 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
16/04/1977 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 28 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
23/04/1977 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 35 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
30/04/1977 Round 5 St Kilda HOME DRAW drawn Bill Goggin unknown
07/05/1977 Round 6 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 100 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
14/05/1977 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 70 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
21/05/1977 Round 8 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 19 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
28/05/1977 Round 9 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 19 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
04/06/1977 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 37 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
11/06/1977 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 49 Bill Goggin unknown
18/06/1977 Round 12 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 33 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
25/06/1977 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 51 Bill Goggin unknown
02/07/1977 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 17 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
09/07/1977 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 18 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
16/07/1977 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 20 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
23/07/1977 Round 17 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 17 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
30/07/1977 Round 18 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 14 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
06/08/1977 Round 19 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 28 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
13/08/1977 Round 20 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 23 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
20/08/1977 Round 21 Geelong AWAY WIN FOO by 17 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
27/08/1977 Round 22 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 18 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey